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Amelia Earhart: Why is Hillary Clinton backing new search?
Yahoo ^ | 3/20/12 | Peter Grier

Posted on 03/21/2012 2:58:03 AM PDT by Libloather

Amelia Earhart: Why is Hillary Clinton backing new search? (+video)
By Peter Grier | Christian Science Monitor – 14 hrs ago

Hillary Clinton and the US State Department are backing a new search for the remains of Amelia Earhart and her famous Lockheed Electra 10E. In doing so they are attempting to help solve one of the 20th century’s most famous mysteries: What happened to Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan when they disappeared in the Pacific on the fateful day of July 2, 1937.

**SNIP**

Why the US support for this effort? Well, for one thing, Clinton herself is something of an Earhart aficionado. She said that when she was growing up in Illinois her mother was an Earhart fan and filled her ears with stories of the aviatrix’s derring-do. This led Clinton to dream of herself becoming an astronaut – so she wrote NASA when she was 13 to ask whether she could qualify.

“NASA wrote me back and said there would not be any women astronauts. And I was just crestfallen,” she said in her speech.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ameliaearhart; clinton; democrats; earhart; hillary; nasa; taxes; youpayforthis
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This led Clinton to dream of herself becoming an astronaut

Where the term 'moonbat' originated?

1 posted on 03/21/2012 2:58:07 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Easy—Hillary Clinton has an affinity for ugly women both living and dead.

I mean, look at all the dogs she put in positions of power—I mean look at HER!!!.


2 posted on 03/21/2012 3:01:08 AM PDT by Happy Rain ("11/4/2008: The day America elected a pyromaniac in the middle of a fire storm.")
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To: Libloather
"NASA wrote me back and said there would not be any women astronauts. And I was just crestfallen,” she said in her speech."

Probably another lie like her being named after sir Edmond Hillary. She was 9 or 10 when he climbed Mt. Everest, before that he was unknown.
Or going to the Marine recruiting station and trying to enlist.
Or any of the other lies she has told and never called out on. . . . .

3 posted on 03/21/2012 3:06:25 AM PDT by DeaconRed (I am the Only Daddy that will walk the line. . . . . . .)
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To: Libloather

one word, DISTRACTION


4 posted on 03/21/2012 3:06:52 AM PDT by SF_Redux (Sarah stands for accountablility and personal responsiblity, democrats can't live with that)
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To: Libloather
What happened to Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan when they disappeared in the Pacific on the fateful day of July 2, 1937.

They got lost, ran out of fuel, and crashed into the Pacific. It's a big ocean...

5 posted on 03/21/2012 3:09:17 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Libloather
This led Clinton to dream of herself becoming an astronaut ...

Only if blimps are sent into space....

6 posted on 03/21/2012 3:10:19 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: SF_Redux
You got it!

North Korea, Egypt, Libya, Syria, UN, Russia, Venezuela, etc. Has anyone seen our brilliant Secretary of State?

7 posted on 03/21/2012 3:11:37 AM PDT by Makana
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To: Libloather

She once claimed she was named after the famous adventurer, Sir Edmund Hillary, I wonder why she didn’t mention that?


8 posted on 03/21/2012 3:17:23 AM PDT by Joe Miner
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To: Libloather
This led Clinton to dream of herself becoming an astronaut

I thought she was a Marine?

Or maybe she was dodging snipers in Bosnia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BfNqhV5hg4

9 posted on 03/21/2012 3:24:01 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: Rummyfan

Oh the Huge Manatee.


10 posted on 03/21/2012 3:25:32 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: Libloather

they wanted an easier search than looking for corzines lost billions or husseins lost trillions.


11 posted on 03/21/2012 3:26:10 AM PDT by biggredd1
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To: Libloather
with stories of the aviatrix’s derring-do

The use of the word "aviatrix" is correct, because it is the feminine equivalent of "aviator."

However, when I was flying for the Air Force, someone once used the term "aviators" to describe male pilots and "aviatrix's" to describe female pilots (as we used to do with the terms "actors" and "actresses").

It set off a PC firestorm.

Today, all version of language seemed to revert to the masculine. Every best actress winner I can remember in recent years will describe themselves as "an actor" and not "an actress."

12 posted on 03/21/2012 3:27:30 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: Libloather

I have no doubt the Clintons could beat any lie detector and
truth serum!


13 posted on 03/21/2012 3:33:27 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Libloather

So where is the D@mn picture?

Supposedly this is based on a photo of a strut and a wheel but none of the stories has the pic?


14 posted on 03/21/2012 3:36:46 AM PDT by Checkmate
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To: Libloather

If Hillary Clinton were backing the search, she would be using her own damn millions, not my tax money. It’s a political stunt. She must have inside information that something has been found, and wants to use the successful search as a boost for her presidential ambitions.


15 posted on 03/21/2012 3:36:52 AM PDT by AZLiberty (Reading Righteous Indignation so I can be Andrew Breitbart)
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To: Libloather

Cover for something else.


16 posted on 03/21/2012 3:39:47 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Libloather

I’m thinking Chelsea has an exclusive on this story


17 posted on 03/21/2012 3:44:43 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Rummyfan

Yeah. Why don’t these scumbags look for the remains of our men lost in WWII when they got lost on patrol, ran out of fuel, and crashed into the Pacific?

I don’t give a rat’s ass about Earhart.


18 posted on 03/21/2012 3:48:53 AM PDT by rlmorel (A knife in the chest from a unapologetic liberal is preferable to a knife in the back from a RINO.)
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To: biggredd1

I’m thinking that they are looking at having Amelia replace Clueless Joe in the VP slot for 2012. More name recognition and won’t make as many gaffes!!


19 posted on 03/21/2012 3:50:49 AM PDT by catman67
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To: Libloather
This led Clinton to dream of herself becoming an astronaut...

Well...she became something that starts with "a-s--------" anyway.

20 posted on 03/21/2012 3:52:04 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Libloather

She was named after Sir Edmund Hillary you know....../sarc


21 posted on 03/21/2012 3:53:25 AM PDT by TPOOH (I wish I could have been Jerry Reed.)
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To: Libloather

Cuz nobody was buying the Sir Edmund Hillary story.


22 posted on 03/21/2012 3:55:48 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (knowledge puffeth; information deludeth.)
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To: SkyPilot

Funny, until I read your comment, I didn’t realize the original article was about you and your crusade to teach us dimwits the proper use of language.


23 posted on 03/21/2012 3:58:38 AM PDT by 1raider1
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To: Libloather
She is alive and well in a status chamber somewhere in the Delta quadrant.
24 posted on 03/21/2012 4:03:01 AM PDT by BigCinBigD
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To: 1raider1
Funny, until I read your comment, I didn’t realize the original article was about you and your crusade to teach us dimwits the proper use of language.

LOL! Education is never a bad thing.
25 posted on 03/21/2012 4:04:26 AM PDT by ZX12R (FUBO GTFO 2012 ! We should take off and Newt washington from orbit.)
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To: nuconvert

We have a winner.


26 posted on 03/21/2012 4:09:34 AM PDT by Straight8
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To: Libloather
Why is Hillary Clinton backing new search?

missing 1930’s lesbians need a proper burial....I mean, Cliton(sic) knows where Eleanor Rooooosevelt is buried.

Come back Huma....what can that 'Weiner' give ya???

27 posted on 03/21/2012 4:16:50 AM PDT by Vaquero (Molon Labe)
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To: Rummyfan

Actually, while Earhart was a pioneer aviatrix, she was not a particularly good pilot, and neither she nor Noonan were really adequately trained or experienced to be flying long island hopping journeys. When you hit the coast of Europe, you can use landmarks to guide you. Not so over open ocean.

In cross country races with other female pilots, she did not fare well but, she was media darling.


28 posted on 03/21/2012 4:29:14 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Jihad" is Arabic for "Helter-Skelter", "bin Laden" is Arabic for "Manson".)
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To: Rummyfan

Actually, while Earhart was a pioneer aviatrix, she was not a particularly good pilot, and neither she nor Noonan were really adequately trained or experienced to be flying long island hopping journeys. When you hit the coast of Europe, you can use landmarks to guide you. Not so over open ocean.

In cross country races with other female pilots, she did not fare well but, she was media darling.


29 posted on 03/21/2012 4:29:22 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Jihad" is Arabic for "Helter-Skelter", "bin Laden" is Arabic for "Manson".)
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To: Libloather

Hillary has inside information on Earhart.

She is still alive,

She has been using an absentee ballot

and voting Democratic since 1937!!!


30 posted on 03/21/2012 4:44:22 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democratic it beats thinking!)
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To: biggredd1

Exactly....pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Distractions to keep people’s eyes off the current happenings, exec orders, scary legislation. Wonder what they are up to now.


31 posted on 03/21/2012 4:47:41 AM PDT by toolman1401
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To: Voter#537

Refutes all the stories of folks relating to the Clintons in a poor light all suddenly coming to an untimely death.


32 posted on 03/21/2012 4:49:18 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Hey Mitt, F-you too pal)
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To: Voter#537

Or that she’s a Cubs/Yankees/White Sox fan


33 posted on 03/21/2012 5:13:35 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (No wonder this administration favors abortion; everything they have done is an abortion)
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To: Libloather
To paraphrase Star Trek's Dr. McCoy ...She's dead Jim"
34 posted on 03/21/2012 5:13:52 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other people's money" M. Thatcher)
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To: Libloather

Why? Because its another way to launder gov’t money back to Dem donors and ultimately into the Dem party. Its all about the money!


35 posted on 03/21/2012 5:15:05 AM PDT by XHogPilot (I fear for our US Constitution and the nation of citizens it protects.)
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To: Straight8

Nah! They need the vote.


36 posted on 03/21/2012 5:15:12 AM PDT by FrogMom (There is no such thing as an honest democrat!)
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To: Libloather
She said that when she was growing up in Illinois her mother was an Earhart fan and filled her ears with stories of the aviatrix’s derring-do. This led Clinton to dream of herself becoming an astronaut – so she wrote NASA when she was 13 to ask whether she could qualify.

Was this load before or after the Marines turned her down?

Someone give this woman a shovel for all her BS.

She turns 65 this year. Any chance she can retire and STHU? Nahhh, didn't think so.

37 posted on 03/21/2012 5:27:17 AM PDT by exit82 (Democrats are the enemies of freedom. Be Andrew Breitbart.)
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To: Libloather

Miraculously, she got her name in the news again.


38 posted on 03/21/2012 5:40:44 AM PDT by Standing Wolf
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To: Libloather

Actually the real back story is even more bizarre. Erhart was a German spy and her plane was intercepted by a Nazi flying saucer from their Secret Antartica base. The purpose of the flight was for Erhart to meet up with the Nazi Space ship and exchange the stolen maps that revealed the true location of the Ark of the Covenant, but, unfortunately, Erharts airplane intersected the Space ships turbulence and crashed. Moments before the crash however, the Germans were able to beam Erhart to safety and with the maps. Clinton’s secretly very concerned that, with the help of the Mossad, Erharts plane is about to be found and when it is......there won’t be any Erhart. Clinton and the other members of the Council on Foriegn Relations are mortally afraid of any publicity that might resurrect stories about the Nazi’s secret UFO base in Antartica, especially now when its expected that Hitler is going to return from the Nazi base on Mars.

Sheesh, I can’t believe you people aren’t already aware of this stuff.


39 posted on 03/21/2012 5:42:51 AM PDT by Rich21IE
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To: Libloather

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/aviationpilots/p/jerrie_cobb.htm

another big lie by Hillary,just lie he rlie abut being rejected by a US Marine recruiter

Born in 1947 she could have entered NASA as did other women, for future astronaut program or at least have become a test pilot

Maybe what NASA REALLY said to Hillary was:

“Dear MZZ Rodham, We currently aren’t accepting any ugly ass liberal arts major coke-bottle glasses wearing Yalie sisters. But thank you for your interest in our training program”


40 posted on 03/21/2012 5:49:50 AM PDT by silverleaf (Funny how all the people who are for abortion are already born)
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To: Libloather
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/aviationpilots/p/jerrie_cobb.htm

another big lie by Hillary,just like her pathetic lie about being rejected by a US Marine recruiter

Born in 1947 she could have entered NASA as did other women, for future astronaut program or at least have become a test pilot

Maybe what NASA REALLY said to Hillary was:

“Dear MZZ Rodham, We currently aren't accepting any ugly ass liberal arts major coke-bottle glasses wearing Yalie sisters. But thank you for your interest in our training program”

41 posted on 03/21/2012 5:50:44 AM PDT by silverleaf (Funny how all the people who are for abortion are already born)
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To: Libloather
Though I believe this new search based on a photo taken shortly after Earhart disappered is privately funded.
42 posted on 03/21/2012 5:51:17 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Libloather

Actually, I also was inspired as a child by Amelia Earhardt. I read books about her and learning to fly was one of the dreams I realized. I also wanted to become an astronaut..but that was Alan Shepherd and John Glenn’s doing.

Still, I’m not against the search for Earhardt, she is still one of my inspirations.


43 posted on 03/21/2012 6:17:19 AM PDT by SueRae (Tale of 2 Towers - First, Isengaard (GOP-e), then, the Tower of Sauron on 11.06.2012)
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To: silverleaf

Hillary! was born, as you say, in 1947. Sally Ride, who was exceptionally young, and the youngest US Astronaut ever when she first went into space, was born in 1951. Judy Resnick, who died in Challenger, was born in 1949. So while Hillary!’s story of being rejected by the circa-1960 male dominated NASA culture is plausible, it just shows her unwillingness to pursue her dream in the face of obstacles other women in her age cohort/peer group were able to successfully overcome. IOW Hillary! was a quitter, who is now a whinner.


44 posted on 03/21/2012 7:16:57 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: 1raider1

Don’t take Skypilot’s post so personally. He was trying to bring awareness to words. Besides, he has been around for over a decade.


45 posted on 03/21/2012 7:29:51 AM PDT by healy61
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To: rlmorel
Why don’t these scumbags look for the remains of our men lost in WWII when they got lost on patrol, ran out of fuel, and crashed into the Pacific?

My suspicion is that Hillary sees feminism starting to crumble. The Fluke thing has blown up in their face and Planned Parenthood is failing fast.

She's hoping to re-invigorate the Earhart legend which so inspired feminists in the past.

Heinous always has a political reason for EVERYthing she does.

46 posted on 03/21/2012 7:32:33 AM PDT by what's up
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To: Libloather
With modern technology the search will be short, and it's something Hillary! can jump out in front of at the right moment:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2643948/posts

With just a bit of imagination stirred in, it looks like Amelia and Fred ditched their plane near an island inhabited only by crabs... and died there...

With all respect to the deceased, it kinda looks like an example of a couple of people who began to put a bit too much belief in their own hype.

Then again maybe the martians got 'em.

47 posted on 03/21/2012 7:43:23 AM PDT by OKSooner (Never take a known wise-@$$ shooting with you.)
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To: Libloather

Real reason: she found Obama’s birth certificate


48 posted on 03/21/2012 7:51:42 AM PDT by Corwin of Amber
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To: exit82
She said that when she was growing up in Illinois her mother was an Earnhardt fan and filled her ears with stories of the racer’s derring-do. This led Clinton to dream of herself becoming a driver – so she wrote NASCAR when she was 13 to ask whether she could qualify. They wrote back saying no women drivers.


49 posted on 03/21/2012 8:02:35 AM PDT by CJ Wolf (Well... that's how I read it.)
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To: rlmorel

Yup, why not go after the Flight 19 Avengers instead? Or for the one Doolittle Raider B-25 that successfully ditched off the Chinese coast (not Lawson’s “Ruptured Duck” which was torn apart by it’s wheels down water landing)


50 posted on 03/21/2012 8:08:53 AM PDT by tanknetter
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